Sled-runner



J. M.- SPOONER.

Sleigh.

o. 24,412 Patented June 14. 1859.

N-PETERS PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WA SI4INGTON, D. Cv

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. SPOONER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SLED-RUNNER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,412, dated June 14, 1859'.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. SPOONER, of the city of Springfield, in the county of Hampd-en and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing the Running Parts of Sleds and Sleighs, whereby I effect a great economy in the labor of construction and secure a greater degree of durability, with the important qualities of elasticity, beauty, simplicity, and cheapness; and I do hereby declare that the followingiis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing a sled complete.

The same letters refer to like parts ineach of the different figures.

A marks that part called the runner.

B is the bearer; T, the toe, or forward part of the runner; H, the heel or rear part of the'runner.

To construct the sled as here represented I procure a rod of suitable size and of sufficient length. It may be either iron or iStQGl, and having determined on a point to coinmen e at, say near B, Fig. 1, in the forward-b rer, I first 'make the bend shown at C at a distancefrom one end *of my rod Somewhat less than the Width my sled is to be'when donef'next make'the bend at D; then the toe of the runner ,bent as at T. I now bend my rod to tlix proper curve for the forward part of the runner, as shown in the figures and laying off so much of my rod as is'iiecessary to make the part A, and the whole runner of a proper length, I make the heel of the runner by giving the red the bend shown at H. I now make the bend at E, and then that at F. Having proceeded thus far I now determine on a width for the sled, and lay off a distance equal to that width, on my rod from the last bend F, and make the bend at K to correspond with that at F. I have now only to continue making corresponding bends at distances corresponding with those already made until by the last bend at J I bring the two ends of my rod to coincide in the forward bearer near B the point started from. Any surplus length there may be of the rod may now be cut ofi, and the two ends welded or otherwise united. If we now add a piece of board we shall have the sled as shown in Fig. 3.

For a sleigh the process is the same, the size of the rod being varied to a suitable dimension for the work intended; and a sleigh top may be made fast upon the bearers B B in the same manner as in a common sleigh.

The process may be varied from that above described by beginning at any other point, so as to make the junction of the two ends of the rod wherever it may be desired. It is also evidentthat the bending of the rod may be almost indefinitely varied to suit the fancy of the maker, and I do not confine myself to a definite form or bend in the same. It is also evident that other metals than iron and steel might be used; so also the rods may be of various shapes, round, flattened, oval, &c., and I do not limit myself in any of these particulars.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, I

Making both of the runners and the bearers of a sled 6r sleigh or other similar vehicle of one continuous piece or rod of steel or other metal, substantially as herein set forth.

JOHN M. SPOONER. Signed in presence of O. A. WINCHESTER, ELKANAH BARTON. 

